Breaking the Silence: On living pro-lifer's choice for women

[bigsockgrrl]

This article expresses the perspective of one person who gave a child up for adoption and is still suffering from the emotional repercussions of that action.  The main ideas are that the political debates about what to do with unwanted pregnancies don't take into consideration what happens after the choice is made, and there is a lack of support

Comments

[babarian_kat]

Probably IS true. I know in the '40's or 50's, the acceptable, middle class way of dealing with adoptees was to never tell the child he was adopted. I went out with three adoptees. Two of them found out when they were teenagers and were looking at things in the basement or attic. They were both angry with their adoptive parents because they didn't tell them. The other man found out in his thirties when his grandmother told him. All his parents were dead by then. He just expressed confusion that the people he though were his parents were not really his biological parents, and expressed ambivalence about meeting his birth parents.
I have to go. I could speculate on this for awhile, but I need to get going on my day.
S.

[whittles]

This is a really important piece. Thank you so much for sharing the link. Heart-wrenching is the right phrase.

[mellowtigger]

I'd be a lot more accepting of pro-life protesters if they all held signs that said:

Stop abortion! Give birth! I will adopt your baby!

And then they carried around statements, ready to sign by both parties, that could be used in court to ensure their action after the woman gave birth. I'd have a whole LOT of respect for that kind of commitment. I have little respect for simply telling people what to do without accepting any responsibility with that authority.